Coffee--8/20/2011

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 6:43 am

First off, I don't have a clue how to do this :oops: but here goes. I hope everybody likes thier coffee strong. It keeps my heart thumping. We're in the middle of what 2nd cutting hay that we can get soo it's an early get to it day. Been tightening up the house a little more each day & spend more time looking at the old Hitzer. Have a good week end all. I gotta run--or maybe just walk fast :clap: toothy


 
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Post by Cap » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 7:30 am

:punk:
That was a rocking good coffee introduction Freetown. I like mine black with little sugar.

I finally broke down this past week and ordered a smart phone. I went for the Motorola Atrix. Unbelievable :!:
It's like having a laptop in the palm of your hands. It does it all and more.

Take care everyone & be safe.

 
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Post by samhill » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 7:38 am

You did a good job Fred, I'm on my third cup with many more to come. Your behind us for some reason, the third cutting is around a foot high already. Then again the first cut was too high & wet for horses so the dairy farmers got that so the neighbors barn is still kinda empty for this time of summer. Hope everyone has a good safe day.

 
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Post by 009to090 » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 7:52 am

Its good the have Saturday coffee from either Fred. :D
I got some instant Folgers this morning. Maybe have a piece of homemade pound cake.
I'm heading over to my buddies house to help him at his sawmill.
The 2nd cutting down here is still a couple weeks away. TOO dry for TOO long, this year.
We did had big thunderstorm last night bringing lots of rain. It also brought down the power wires. I got to test our new generator hookup.
VERY foggy this morning, I guess the air that blew in from the storm is cooler than the ground.

 
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Post by ricoman2737 » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 8:17 am

Not bad Fred for a Freetown Country Boy. This is coming to you just over the hill in Cincy. Got my coal bin dog house built yesterday, now I think I'm ready for coal. Off to start my day with coffee cup in hand. Everybody have a fine weekend - John :D :D

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 9:34 am

I am back from the basement. 0630 to 0900 to get the new water heater installed. Lets just say there was a small snag and a small flood... My 20 year old Weil McLain indirect is headed for the scrapyard, and a 80 gallon Bradford White took its place. I have been reading how electroysis kills a lot of water heaters, so I hooked the new one up with 3/4" pex tubing. I figured that would eliminate any stray voltage passing through the water heater, and it also saved me a ton of copper work since this unit had the tappings in completely different locations. No leaks yet, and the water is already hot. I think it will take 3 gallons of fuel to get this beast up to temperature. :lol: [Pay no attention to the pile of stuff in the corner of the basement...too many projects and not enough picking up afterwards.[
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Post by CoalHeat » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 9:58 am

[Pay no attention to the pile of stuff in the corner of the basement...too many projects and not enough picking up afterwards.[
You should see my cellar.


 
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Post by Yanche » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 10:27 am

Good job in getting it installed so quickly. It's always good to get the hot water back so the rest of the family stops complaining. While electrolysis can be a problem with electric heating element water heaters I doubt it's a problem with indirect's because there is no electric heating element submerged in the water.

There is a long term problem with your install. Using ordinary pex on the boiler supply piping is a no-no. It should be oxygen migration impervious. Ideally PEX-AL-PEX or as a second choice barrier coated PEX. Oxygen in the air migrates through the PEX by osmosis and then causes corrosion in your boiler.

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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 11:16 am

Yanche, I used pex with an oxygen barrier: Wirsbo hePEX. It is Pex-a and rated for 200F; nice stuff to work with.

A local plumber told me that when he gets a warranty call on an indirect that has failed prematurely, they often find vary trace amounts of stray voltage in the homes piping...which is usually being used at the main ground for the house. I don't know how much truth there it is to that, but I figured if it was even half true the pex tubing would be a good idea.

 
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Post by lowfog01 » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 2:23 pm

HI guys,

Sorry I missed breakfast. Thanks for starting us off Fred. Well, we made it back from the Wilds of West VA. Boy is it beautiful there! We had beautiful weather to boot and found many interesting things to see and do. We stumbled upon the Elkins's Thursday evening cultural event on the town plaza - this week was a blue grass band. They were accompanied by a perfect sunset; well worth the drive from our campground. We decided that we would consider retiring there were it not for the 160 inches of snow the area gets each winter. ;) I was on the look out for evidence of coal stoves but didn't see any. I did see lots of folks stocking up on their wood for the winter, though.

I've been reading of everyone's mishaps this last week. Sorry to hear about them. Fortunately we were blessed and only had a slow tire leak which we were prepared for. We carry a small air compressor that runs off the truck so we refilled the tire and made it safely to the nearest garage. We had picked up a pinkie nail size piece of metal somewhere. We don't think about that compressor much but 2 other families at the campground were glad we had it, too. :) Strange how that worked out for everyone.

I hope everyone has had a good summer and are ready to move on to the heating season. I know I am. Take care, Lisa

 
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Post by Freddy » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 2:37 pm

Heyyyyy! We took a break from vacation to come home & do laundry. Headed back up north in a couple of days to finish another week I just haaaaad to get some good NEPA coffee! Fred, you did a super job! Mmmm, good stuff.

This year... a few new windows. Plenty of time to hand out by the fire & play cribbage & dice. Also read three sci-fi books. Ahhhhh. Plenty of good food....Pepsi...beer, good neighbors, fireworks at night. I think we should sell out & move here year round! Perfect weather this week. Sunny every day & comfy all night. Have yet to need heat in the camp. Here's a few pics.

Fred... you may have to make more coffee next week. I don't think we'll be back by then.

Whisrbro, wirrsbo, Wiz by & by what ever it is, it's good stuff.

Hope you all have a smooth week!

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Post by gaw » Sat. Aug. 20, 2011 9:42 pm

Hey Fred, I got pieces of hay in my coffee!

Another week flew by and I can feel autumn in the air. One thing we need here is rain. There have been storms in the area for the past two weeks and they have all missed my place. Some of the storms had hail and strong wind so I’m glad they missed but some nice rain would be nice.

Markviii, that’s a good place to keep things, in the corner of the basement. Usually when I decide to get organized I just end up hiding my things then I don’t know where I put it. I know I have a certain tool and remember that I put it in a “special” place so that I would always know where it is and then that is where my memory fails. Where the hell is that “special” place? Now if I leave it where I last used it I can usually remember that, go figure.

Yanche, I see a lot of camper owners putting covers over their tires, I always assumed it was to keep them from dry rotting. I rotate my boat trailer tires every year so that I don’t end up with a dry rotted spare with zero miles on it. When I take it to Canada, about 800 miles round trip, I always check the bearings and gauge the tires just prior to leaving. This year I saw two folks with flat boat trailer tires on the way up and my buddy had one blow out on his way home.

Looks like a nice place to get away there Freddy but did you see the corral snake headed for the cottage in your last photo?

Because it is Saturday night and I’m drinking some Sam Adams and Tröegs beer tonight here is a great drinking song.


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Post by Freddy » Sun. Aug. 21, 2011 4:29 am

gaw wrote: did you see the corral snake
That's our 50 foot pet. He's going, not coming. You see, we just let him out of the corral to go get a drink. ;) He doesn't bite, but he'll trip you if you let him!

Reason #3 to live in Maine: There is nothing poisonous that will bite you & kill you.


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